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Weld distortion and rectification

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

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Class
Date
1.

What type of distortion is shown in the picture?

a)

Angular distortion

b)

Longitudinal distortion

c)

Longitudinal shrinkage

d)

Buckling distortion

2.

What causes distortion?

a)

Heating

b)

Cooling

c)

Uneven expansion & contraction

d)

Poor quality materials

3.

Which of the following pictures shows longitudinal shrinkage?

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

What type of distortion is shown opposite?

a)

Longitudinal distortion/bowing

b)

Angular distortion

c)

Longitudinal shrinkage

5.

Which of the following affect distortion?

a)

Amount of restraint

b)

Welding procedure

c)

Parent metal properties

d)

Part fit up

e)

All of the above

6.

Which of the following distortion control methods is shown in the picture?

a)

Pre-bending

b)

Clamping

c)

Pre-setting

d)

Planishing

7.

Which of the following pictures shows strongbacks?

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

What is the advantages of strong backs with wedges (show) over strongbacks?

a)

They are cheaper and simpler?

b)

they are simpler to fit?

c)

They are faster to fit?

d)

They allow transverse shrinkage greatly reducing the risk of cracking compared with fully welded strong-backs.

9.

Which of the following is a type of distortion rectification?

a)

Pre-bending

b)

Clamping

c)

mechanical straightening/pressing

d)

Weld sequencing

10.

Which of the following distortion rectifications would be suitable for fixing buckling in a thin sheet metal box

a)

Pressing

b)

Hammering

c)

Spot heating

d)

Line heating

11.

Line heating is commonly used to fix which type of distortion?

a)

Buckling

b)

Longitudinal

c)

Traverse

d)

Angular

12.

Which type of distortion elimination method is represented opposite?

a)

Weld sequencing

b)

Elimination of welds

c)

Pre-setting

d)

None of the above

13.

True or false. The closer a weld is positioned to the neutral axis of a fabrication, the lower the leverage effect of the shrinkage forces and the smaller the final distortion

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Reducing the amount of weld metal needed for a joint......

a)

Reduces the amount of distortion

b)

Reduces the cost of the joint

c)

Both of the above

d)

None of the above

15.

Intermittent welding...........

a)

Reduces distortion over fully welding

b)

Reduces cost over fully welding

c)

Both of the above

d)

None of the above

16.

True or false. Weld chills are heat sinks connected to the joint being welded to allow heat to be dissipated more quickly.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The photo opposite shows which type of welding technique

a)

Weld sequencing

b)

Weld tacking

c)

Back-step welding

d)

Skip welding

18.

Two welders welding opposite sides of a joint at the same time is an example of.........

a)

Weld sequencing

b)

Cost effective welding

c)

None of the above

19.

The photo opposite shows

a)

tack welding

b)

Balanced welding

c)

Skip welding

d)

Intermittent welding

20.

Which of the following are examples of restraint?

a)

Clamping

b)

Jigs

c)

Back to back assembly

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

21.

True or false. Peening is the process of working a metal's surface to improve its material properties ans is usually done mechanically by hammer blows ect.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

True or false. Planishing flattens out weld by mechanical means either by hammering or rolling.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

True or false. Heat treatment can be used to relieve stresses from distortion?

a)

True

b)

False